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Push and Pull Factors Influencing the Winter Sport Tourists in China: The Case of Leisure Skiers

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the push (i.e., socio-motivation) and pull (i.e., ski resort attribute preference) factors influencing the level of participation of leisure skiing in China.
Xinghua Wang   +3 more
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Influencing factors of destination choice of ski tourism enthusiasts: A means-end chain analytical perspective

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Ski enthusiasts are a unique group of travelers whom many travel businesses and destinations market to. Drawing on a means-end chain analytical perspective, this study explores the main factors affecting the destination choice of ski tourism enthusiasts.
Hui Sun   +8 more
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The last resort? Ski tourism and climate change in Arctic Sweden [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Tourism Futures, 2020
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to discuss the external and internal factors that support or challenge a possible transformation of Arctic Sweden into a major ski destination under a changing climate.
Osman Cenk Demiroglu   +3 more
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The influence of the creative economy on the intensification of the ski resorts development in Russia

open access: yesМуниципалитет: экономика и управление, 2023
Problem relevance. Ski tourism is developing dynamically all over the world today. At the same time, despite the significant number of ski resorts and active state support, Russia is significantly inferior to the leading countries in terms of the largest
Anna Yu. Uskova
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Skin Cancer Prevalence in Outdoor Workers of Ski Resorts

open access: yesJournal of Skin Cancer, 2020
Background. Snow reflectivity and altitude increase the exposure of ski resort workers to solar ultraviolet radiation. The aim was to assess the presence of skin cancer in ski resorts workers and compare it with other groups of outdoor workers reviewing ...
Yolanda Gilaberte   +9 more
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The role of physical environment in leisure service consumption: evidence from a ski resort setting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Despite the importance of physical environment in hedonic service consumption, little is known about the extent to which physical environment influences ski resort visitors’ cognition, emotion, and behaviors.
Chua, Bee Lia   +3 more
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The relative importance of ski resort- and weather-related characteristics when going alpine skiing

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2019
In this paper, we examine how alpine skiers evaluate various ski resort- and weather-related characteristics using a conjoint framework. The analysis is based on survey data from 400 existing skiers at a large ski resort in the Inland region of Norway ...
Erik Haugom, Iveta Malasevska
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Generating socially responsible events at ski resorts

open access: yesInternational Journal of Hospitality Management, 2020
This study examines how ski resorts can manage events that are sustainable, while also balancing the needs of consumers and local workers. Using a mixed-method approach, quantitative results (from 710 ski tourists) highlight the influence of community-centric Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Orientation towards Sporting Events (OSE) on the ...
Thompson, Jamie, Taheri, Babak
openaire   +1 more source

Emotions' Impact on Tourists' Satisfaction with Ski Resorts. The Mediating Role of Perceived Value [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
International audienceEmotions have been shown to play an important role in consumers' evaluation of their consumption experiences, including extended multiple-encounter touristic ones.
Bonnefoy-Claudet, Lydie, Ghantous, Nabil
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Living in the mountains: Mobilities, forms of residentiality and local identities of new inhabitants of a Swiss ski resort

open access: yesVia@, 2020
The tendencies of the revalorisation of rural spaces and subsequent rural gentrification have been studied under the notion of “amenity migration” in different geographic contexts.
Andrea Friedli
doaj   +1 more source

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